February 26th, planting seeds and trees, garden tour and outreach.

Planting peas into old tyres.

We also transplanted some spinach too.

Preparing some seed trays, filling them with compost and writing out labels so that we know what we have grown.

Some beetroot has been planted in this tray - its rather unusual, yellow, stripy and white!

We rescued a holly tree from the building site and have moved it into a space next to our building, we dug a big hole, carefully put the tree into it and packed soil around the roots.  We watered it to try to encourage it to grow in its new home.

We also planted some seeds using a seed tape.  We found that the seed is hidden inside some white biodegradable tape which will rot into the soil as the seeds grow.  

We held our first RHS Spring Twilight Training at Southlands on the 16th of February.

We showed staff from other local schools around our garden and explained our plans for the future.

Sarah Carrie explained about the RHS Campaign for School Gardening and demonstrated some excellent activities which staff could take back to their schools to do with their students.

We are also going to be hosting a seed swap at Southlands on the 12th of March. where seeds and ideas can be swapped and exchanged.